Leviticus 8:6
in Leviticus 8Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
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And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
KJV
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
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This verse in Leviticus 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Washed them with water - Moses caused them to bathe entirely (compare Lev 16:4), not merely to wash their hands and feet, as they were to do in their daily ministrations. See the marginal reference. This bathing, which the high priest had also to go through on the day of atonement, was symbolic of the spiritual cleansing required of all 2Co 7:1, but especially of those who had to draw near to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb 7:26; Mat 3:15.
This site's exposition
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them
on Leviticus 8:6-7
Water comes before the garments. The washing here is of the whole body, which is a different act from the washing of hands and feet at the laver that Exodus 30:19-21 requires of a priest daily, and Leviticus 16:4 has the high priest bathe his flesh again before he goes inside on the day of atonement. Aaron is then dressed one piece at a time, coat, girdle, robe and ephod, in the order Exodus 28 set down.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), to signify that they ought now to purify themselves from all sinful dispositions and inclinations, and ever after to keep themselves pure. Christ washes those from their sins in his own blood whom he makes to our God kings and priests ( Rev. i.
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And Moses brought Aaron and his sons,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This symbolical ablution was designed to teach them the necessity of inward purity, and the imperative obligation on those who bore the vessels and conducted the services of the sanctuary to be holy.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּקְרֵ֣ב | vaiyakrev | and he presented | H7126 → | 280 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּנָ֑יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַיִּרְחַ֥ץ | vaiyirchatz | and he washed | H7364 → | 72 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּמָּֽיִם׃ | bamayim | with <the> water | H4325 → | 581 times |
וַיַּקְרֵ֣בand he presented
vaiyakrevH7126 →280 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בָּנָ֑יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וַיִּרְחַ֥ץand he washed
vaiyirchatzH7364 →72 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בַּמָּֽיִם׃with <the> water
bamayimH4325 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 33:8
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Titus 3:5–6
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 10:22
Through
Ephesians 5:26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
it leads to
- John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- John 17:17–19
Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
- John 15:3
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.